districts of Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh, the most populous state in India, has 75 districts. These districts, most of which have populations above 10 lakhs, and are grouped into 18 divisions for administrative convenience.
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in northern
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. Khalilabad is the district headquarters. Sant Kabir Nagar district is a part of
Basti division
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. The total area of Sant Kabir Nagar district is .
Economy
In 2007 the
Ministry of Panchayati Raj
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named Sant Kabir Nagar one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640). It is one of the 34 districts in Uttar Pradesh currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).
Demographics
According to the 2011 census Sant Kabir Nagar district has a
population
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of 1,715,183, roughly equal to the nation of
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or the US state of
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. This gives it a ranking of 283rd in India (out of a total of 640).
The district has a population density of . Its
population growth rate
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over the decade 2001-2011 was 20.71%. Sant Kabir Nagar has a
sex ratio
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of 969
females
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for every 1000 males and a
literacy rate
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of 69.01%. Scheduled Castes made up 21.52% of the population.
Language
At the time of the
2011 Census of India
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, 53.67% of the population in the district spoke
Bhojpuri
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, 36.42%
Hindi
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Bhojpuri
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is the native language of the district. The Bhojpuri variant of
Kaithi
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Bhalchandra Yadava
Bhalchandra Yadava (1 July, 1958 - 4 October, 2019) was a twice elected Indian politician and Member of Parliament Khalilabad (Lok Sabha constituency) in Uttar Pradesh.
References
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Sucheta Kripalani
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, First Woman Chief Minister Of India, MLA from Mehndawal(1962-1967)
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